Edward Smyrk
Personal information
Full name
Edward William Smyrk
Born(1882-05-01)1 May 1882
Reefton, Inangahua County, New Zealand
Died14 August 1962(1962-08-14) (aged 80)
Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-spin, leg-spin
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1909-10 to 1912-13Hawke's Bay
1913-14 to 1919-20Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 7
Runs scored 117
Batting average 10.63
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 30
Balls bowled 580
Wickets 13
Bowling average 29.76
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/45
Catches/stumpings 5/0
Source: Cricinfo, 23 October 2020

Edward William Smyrk (1 May 1882 – 14 August 1962) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Hawke's Bay and Wellington from 1910 to 1920.

Smyrk was a spin bowler, useful lower-order batsman and fine fieldsman.[1][2] His best first-class bowling figures were 4 for 45 in his last match, for Wellington against Hawke's Bay in 1920.[3]

Smyrk served as a sapper with the Samoa Expeditionary Force in the Occupation of German Samoa in 1914.[4] He returned to New Zealand in March 1915 and married Jessie Arnold in Napier on 7 April.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Cricket". New Zealand Herald: 8. 3 March 1911.
  2. ↑ "The Wellington Team". Star: 9. 24 December 1919.
  3. ↑ "Wellington v Hawke's Bay 1919-20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Edward William Smyrk". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Social and Personal". New Zealand Times: 9. 9 April 1915.
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